"This is the best shot that I ever found of him," Locklear said. "If you look at the lighting, it's great. Lighting is very important when you're doing a piece in sports because it gives you that three-dimensional effect."

Locklear uses oils, acrylics and pencils to create his art — some of which have included Native American pieces to a painting of the White House.

Locklear, who was an outfielder for the Padres, Cincinnati Reds and New York Yankees, studied at the School of Fine Arts in New York.